Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... say , that in all the fubdivifions of its three great kingdoms , it will be found more fully , more accurately , and more fcientifically , detailed in this Work than in any other dictionary which has yet been published . Of the latter ...
... say , that in all the fubdivifions of its three great kingdoms , it will be found more fully , more accurately , and more fcientifically , detailed in this Work than in any other dictionary which has yet been published . Of the latter ...
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... says he , " was at that its woollen manufactory . The cloths and ftuffs made time fo bufy about private commodity , that public there are faid to be now little inferior to thofe of Eng - wealth , in that moft neceffary and of refpect ...
... says he , " was at that its woollen manufactory . The cloths and ftuffs made time fo bufy about private commodity , that public there are faid to be now little inferior to thofe of Eng - wealth , in that moft neceffary and of refpect ...
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... says , “ whose life hath been fo immaculate and unfpotted , & c . that even malice itself , which leaves nothing unfearched , could never find true blemish in it , nor caft probable afperfion on it . - Zealous as Da- vid ; learned and ...
... says , “ whose life hath been fo immaculate and unfpotted , & c . that even malice itself , which leaves nothing unfearched , could never find true blemish in it , nor caft probable afperfion on it . - Zealous as Da- vid ; learned and ...
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... say , Ab- cedarian pfalms , lamentations , hymns , & c . ABCOURT , a town near St Germains , four leagues from Paris . Here is a brisk chalybeate water , impreg- nated with fixed air and the foffil alkali ; and refem- bling the waters ...
... say , Ab- cedarian pfalms , lamentations , hymns , & c . ABCOURT , a town near St Germains , four leagues from Paris . Here is a brisk chalybeate water , impreg- nated with fixed air and the foffil alkali ; and refem- bling the waters ...
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... say , an abfolute decree , abfolute promife , abfolute obedience . ABSOLUTE Government , that wherein the prince is left folely to his own will , being not limited to the ob- fervance of any laws except those of his own discre- tion ...
... say , an abfolute decree , abfolute promife , abfolute obedience . ABSOLUTE Government , that wherein the prince is left folely to his own will , being not limited to the ob- fervance of any laws except those of his own discre- tion ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe